Bradshaw Primary School

About Bradshaw Primary School

Bradshaw Primary School was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school’s most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 69%. That figure is ten percentage points above the Calderdale local authority average of 59%, placing the school 24th out of 73 primary schools in the area and in the top 50% nationally. The school’s overall ranking score of 69 reflects solid, consistent performance across the core subjects.

Looking closer at the 2023/24 KS2 results, the strongest individual subject was writing, where 85% of pupils met the expected standard, followed by reading at 77% and maths at 75%. At the higher standard, 23% of pupils achieved above the expected level in reading, while 12% did so in both maths and writing. The average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths, both comfortably above the national baseline of 100. The school’s leadership and management, as well as its early years provision, were both judged Good in the 2024 inspection, with the ungraded visit confirming the school remains Good. There is no progress score data available, so it is not possible to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

Bradshaw is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 324 pupils on roll against a capacity of 347, so there is some spare capacity. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry there were 73 applications for 43 places, with 42 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.7. The school has a below-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 11.7%. Facilities include a sensory room, music rooms, an ICT suite, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, netball, football, tennis, athletics and swimming, while clubs range from coding and chess to gardening and choir. The school supports a range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a solid, improving local primary that suits families looking for above-average academic outcomes in a well-resourced setting.

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